Mites of the genus Paracoroptes Lavoipierre, 1955 (Acariformes: Psoroptidae)—skin parasites of the African monkeys of the family Cercopithecidae (Primates)

ANDRE V BOCHKOV; PATRICK GROOTAERT

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3887.2.5

Issue: Vol. 3887 No. 2: 24 Nov. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-11-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.2.5

Page range: 225–238

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**Mites of the genus Paracoroptes Lavoipierre, 1955 (Acariformes: Psoroptidae)—skin parasites of the African monkeys of the family Cercopithecidae (Primates)**

ANDRE V BOCHKOV⁺⁻
PATRICK GROOTAERT⁺⁻

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstreet 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium;

acariform mites Africa catarrhine primates ectoparasites systematics

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Abstract

Two new species of Paracoroptes Lavoipierre, 1955 (Acariformes: Psoroptidae: Paracoroptinae) are described: Paracoroptes miopithecus sp. n. from Miopithecus talapoin (Schreber) and Paracoroptes piliocolobus sp. n. from Piliocolobus badius (Kerr) (Primates: Cercopithecidae)—both are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A key to all 6 species of the genus is provided and host-parasite relationships of its representatives are discussed.